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"It's simple: Every minute you are angry about race is minute you aren't thinking about class, which, of course, is the real divide in this country. Working class people of all colors have a lot more in common, infinitely more in common, with each than they do with some over-paid MSNBC anchor. If you were allowed to think about that for long enough, you would start to get unauthorized ideas about economics, and that would be disruptive to a very lucrative status quo."

Tucker Carlson

Yellow Socialism is an economically centre-left, authoritarian-leaning and culturally right-leaning (later Reactionary) ideology created by French politician Pierre Biétry as a reaction to "red socialism" which was growing prominent in Europe during the late 19th century. This form of socialism is characterized by unions working with groups of businesses, with workers having a greater profit through negotiations between unions and business groups, all of which would operate under a strong authoritarian government.

History

Pierre Biétry left the French Workers' Party in 1900, believing that socialism had failed in improving workers' conditions. He created yellow socialism and founded the National Federation of Yellows of France (FNJF), advocating for cooperation between unions and businesses. Over time, Biétry adopted racism and anti-semitic tendencies into the party, affiliating it with French reactionaries. The party slowly dismantled after its last meeting in 1909, and Biétry died in 1918.

Followers of Marx adopted the "yellow socialist" label to describe socialists who they thought were supporting the ruling class. This included ideologies known in the modern day as Social Democracy or Democratic Socialism. Because of its misuse, the term has been confused with very different ideologies and was ultimately abandoned after World War I. It would go on to structure the economic beliefs of Nazism.

Variants

Nazi Syndicalism

Flag of Yellow Socialism Flag of German Labour Front

The first Nazi workers' union was National Socialist Factory Cell Organization, or NSBZO, led by Walter Schuhmann. It was founded as an alternative to social democratic and Christian unions, but was far less successful. Slogan of the organisation was "Hinein in die Betriebe!" meaning "Into the Factories!" and shortened to "Hib'. While generally not successful, NSBZO had significant support in some regions and there it organized strikes, for example 1932 Berlin transport strike. Another example of region where organisation was successful could be Nordhorn - a textile industrial city in Lower Saxony. NSBZO's section there was one of branches displaying ideology similar to National Bolshevism, hoping that after national revolution there will be a social one, overthrowing old elites.

After Nazis took power, all independent labour union were banned. Soon, the process of Gleichschaltung (or cooperation) began - it was meant to bring these unions into line with policy of new government. Soon, NSBZO was merged into new organisation meant to be sole workers' union - German Labour Front (DAF), led by Robert Ley. Though Ley himself had no experience in labour relations and Hitler signed decree outlawing strikes, DAF enabled many policies aiming to improve life of a worker. Examples are: providing workers' with cheaper tickets for trips to foreign countries or constructing summer resort complexes and spa. Even though number of people taking holiday cruises increased, the employers were allowed to refuse worker's request for his workbook - if such situation occurred, it made it impossible for the worker to quit his job.

DAF had many sub-organisations, with two being most significant ones. These were:

- Strength through Joy, which was giving workers cheap or free holidays. Additionally, it subsided sporting and leisure facilities.

- Beauty of Labour, which renovated outdated factories, created smoking-free rooms and new canteens for workers, as well as kept workplaces clean.

Robert Ley began his career as follower of Strasserism, but changed his views. As a head of DAF, he gave even more power to employers and closely cooperated with Hitler in fight against syndicalist tendencies within NSBZO.

Movimiento Revolucionario Nacional Sindicalista

National Syndicalist Revolutionary Movement (MRNS) was Chilean party founded in 1952 by Ramón Callís and Osvaldo Lira. Party was persecuted under Popular Unity Coalition. MRNS party supported 1973 coup and Pinochet's dictatorship. The party was dissolved in 1983.

Party was corporatist, strongly anti-communist and Chilean nationalist. Additionally, the party was inspired by ideas of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Onésimo Redondo and Ramiro Ledesma Ramos. MRNS was also traditionalist and Catholic nationalist.

Beliefs

The main belief of Yellow Socialism is that the working class (the proletariat) should co-operate and negotiate with the owning class (the bourgeoisie) instead of overthrow them, like Marxism advocates. This would be done through the Union system.

Yellow Socialism as advocated by Bietry advocated for a strong state to reside over Worker-Owner relationships and help to make the situation as best as possible for both sides.

Bietry also later incorporated elements of Nationalism and Reactionaryism into his philosophy because competition from immigrants reduced wages or took jobs from native-born workers, and sometimes even racism including antisemitism.

How to Draw

Flag of Yellow Socialism

YellowSoc's design is based of this flag by Comrade Maxwell.

1. Draw a ball,
2. Fill it yellow,
3. In black, draw two olive branches crossed together,
4. Within the olive branches, draw a black factory,
5. Above the factory, draw a black star,
6. Draw the eyes, and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Yellow	#FFD800	rgb(255, 216, 0)
	Black	#141414	rgb(20, 20, 20)

Relationships

Friends

• Neosocialism - My best friend, even if he is not as culturally right as me.
• National Conservatism - I like your style.
• Nationalism - A little bit of Nationalism is always good.
• Reactionary Modernism - Basically my cultural views.
• Corporatism - The syndicates should be run like corporations!
• Corporatocracy - To this end, they will peacefully negotiate with the businesses in hopes that workers get a share of company profits.
• Dengism - You are corporatist, you are a reactionary modernist, and you want to establish socialism by 2050. What’s not to like??
• Esoteric Socialism - I hate your conspiracy and masonic version. However, seeing as that is simply a facade, you are a good ally in the fight against those wishing to undermine the Iranian government’s good work.
• Gaullism - I'm glad that we're compatriots.
• Welfare Chauvinism - You're also doing a pretty decent job!

Frenemies

• Capitalism - I am more willing to cooperate with you, but please accept the right to unionize.
• Red Socialism - Workers can work with businesses to advance socialism.
• Capitalist Communism - He sorta gets it, but I'll never join forces with the radical reds!
• National Syndicalism - Syndicalism and Nationalism, what can I say except based? But I am somewhat more right-wing economically.
• Syndicalism - Sorry brother, but I don't like to strike.
• Khomeinism - You are good and we are very close, but some of your reformers are very decadent and these people were pushing you towards capitalism, but it's good that you came back with the help of this . Crap, he’s dead now
• Hooverism - An follower of mine, but please stop mismanaging the economy.
• Castroism - Yeah, end the embargo now and let businessmen do their job!
• Lulism - Pretty based, just stop being so progressive.
• Guild Socialism - He's pretty cool but his business model is very old fashioned.
• Nordic Model - You seem to have economics similar to mine but refuse to call yourself Socialist.
• Reactionaryism - Maybe...?
• Right-Wing Populism - I like your rhetoric, but in America, you don’t actually care to implement my economics and are content to favor the billionaire agenda.
• Nazism - Calm down, buddy.
• Strasserism - Better than the other guy, but still, calm down a bit.
• National Democracy - Polish NatCon, but remove the liberalism.
• Venizelism - Greek patriot, but too liberal.
• Reactionary Liberalism & Reactionary Socialism - A bit extreme, but you have very good ideas.
• National Liberalism - I like your trade union in Czechoslovakia, also, good immigration policy. Just be less liberal.
• Shas - Me but jewish.

Enemies

• Marxism - You have failed to improve the conditions of the working class. Not to mention that you're also a Jew
• Social Democracy - Your slowness has failed to improve upon the worker's conditions.
• Multiculturalism - Mass immigration steals our workers jobs!
• Libertarianism - You're one of the only people who also believes that I'm Socialist, but you say it like it's a bad thing!
• Marxism–Leninism - Godless and degenerate despot who calls me anti-worker while he kills millions.
• Pink Capitalism - GROSS!

Further Information

Wikipedia

• Yellow socialism
• Pierre Biétry
• Company union

Literature

• Le Socialisme Et les Jaunes (In French) by Pierre Bietry
• Yellow Socialism by Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
• Socialism of the right by Martin Goldberg

• Yellow Socialism vs. Capitalism
• Yellow Socialism vs. Communism
• Yellow Socialism vs. Democracy
• Yellow Socialism vs. Fascism

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